MMA fans from around the world will converge in Las Vegas this week for the 2013 Junkie Gathering, which also includes MMAjunkie.com Radio’s 1,500th show celebration.

The annual gathering of MMAjunkie.com readers and radio listeners includes a week of MMA-related activities, including gym visits, watch parties, UFC 160-related media events, visits from some of the sport’s biggest stars and more.

But it all centers around MMAjunkie.com Radio, which celebrates its 1,500th show on Thursday with a special prime-time edition of the program.

If you’re not in Vegas, you can still join us for the fun with the daily radio show and hosts “Gorgeous” George Garcia, Brian “Goze” Garcia, John Morgan and Matt Erickson. Our list of confirmed guests already includes (and many more are being finalized):

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